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Clifton Fowler Library
Phone: 303-963-3250
Toll-Free: 1-877-777-6132
Fax: 303-963-3251
E-mail:
cculibrary@ccu.edu

 

To identify books, videos and other materials on a topic, consult a library online catalog. 

CCU LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG - Choose title, subject or author keyword or starts with.

PROSPECTOR - Combined catalog of major libraries of Colorado and Wyoming.  One can search all 25 member libraries with a single query. Libraries are:  ArapahoeP, Auraria, AuroraP, BoulderP, BroomfieldP, CRL, ColoradoCol, Colorado School of Mines, CoStateU, DenverP, FortCollinsP, FortLewisCol, JeffcoP, LouisvilleP,  MesaStateC, RegisU, UnivCoBoulder, HSC, and Law, UnivCoCoSpr, UnivofDenver and UnivofDLaw, UNorthernC, UWyo, CStatePub.  Students can become personal members of PROSPECTOR (3 days turnaround ) or can use the CCU Lakewood Courier via CCU Interlibrary Loan (1 to 1 1/2 weeks). For requests from Centers and elsewhere, add additional time. Map Location of Libraries

FirstSearch WorldCat - CCU students should log in with authorization and password, select "All Databases," and select "WorldCat."  WorldCat lists 40 million books cataloged by the world's libraries. It can be used to locate materials beyond Colorado and Wyoming.  Once a book record is chosen, select "Libraries worldwide that own item." Colorado libraries appear at the top of the list.

Borrowing books from libraries at a distance through the CCU Courier, may take 1 to 2 weeks  to Lakewood. For requests from Centers and elsewhere, add additional time. Fill out an Interlibrary Loan form available at the CCU Circulation Desk and submit to the Interlibrary Loan Librarian Tracey Lane. You may also use the online form provided under Interlibrary Borrowing or within WorldCat itself called ("Borrow this from another library"). You are notified when the requested item arrives.

Borrowing From Non-CCU Libraries Through PROSPECTOR and FirstSearch WorldCat 

Students can identify resources available locally, statewide, and nationally.  For items not in its collection, CCU is part of the Interlibrary Loan network. One may choose to personally visit another library or request an Interlibrary Loan via the Interlibrary Loan Librarian, Tracey Lane (tlane@ccu.edu , 303-963-3257, toll-free 1-877-777-6132, fax 303-963-3251 questions/info). Leave sufficient lead time for any borrowing requests. See details at Interlibrary Borrowing.

Students are encouraged to become personal members of PROSPECTOR.

For Lakewood campus students, join by getting a public library card at Belmar Public Library, a Jefferson County Public Library (Allison Street two bocks from CCU Lakewood.) Or, apply at your closest public library or http://info.jefferson.lib.co.us/app_online.html.   Membership entitles the individual to select items online to borrow for pickup at their local branch.  Turnaround is 3 to 4 days.

For CCU students/faculty elsewhere in Colorado, join PROSPECTOR via one of the PROSPECTOR member libraries listed above.  Most libraries allow you to register with them by showing your Colorado picture ID. Registration usually entitles you to borrowing privileges at that library as well as PROSPECTOR membership.

Academic Libraries  

Public Libraries

Comprehensive Listings of Libraries

  • Colorado Virtual Library - Library catalogs arranged by type (public, academic, special, school).
  • MARMOT - (Western Colorado Library Network) Libraries and Internet links for public, K-12 students, and teachers.
  • LIBWEB - U.S. and world libraries (academic, public, national, state, regional, and special); comprehensive related lists.
  • Web U.S. Higher Education - Colleges and universities arranged alphabetically and by state. Select an institution, then choose library.
   
 

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